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Re:Ready Player One – what Oculus + FB will look like? by toast76 on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:27AM (#7472199)
This is one of the first things I thought of when I heard the announcement, but not in a good way.
Re:Ready Player One – what Oculus + FB will look like? by r00fus on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:56AM (#7472273)
Exactly, just as if IOL bought out the Oasis headgear rights well before the Oasis really launched.

Zuck is pretty much the antithesis of the James Haliday character from the book.

Re:Ready Player One – what Oculus + FB will look like? by malanj on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:28AM (#7472203)
Yes - even for a mostly teenager aimed book, I found the dystopian future a bit jarring.